Immigration

Newsworthy News -   Senator Jim Banks’s “Visa Overstay Penalties Act” could imprison visa violators for up to two years in response to the Boulder terrorist attack where an Egyptian national, who overstayed his visa, allegedly targeted pro-Israel demonstrators.

• The proposed legislation would reclassify visa overstays as “illegal entry,” carrying penalties including jail time and increased fines.
• The bill responds directly to the Boulder, Colorado attack where Mohamed Sabry Soliman, who overstayed his visa, allegedly targeted pro-Israel protesters.
• Despite his visa expiring in February 2023, Soliman received a work permit from the Biden administration that expired a year later.
• Over 565,000 visa overstays were reported in fiscal 2023, with up to 800,000 occurring annually, comprising roughly half of America’s illegal alien population.